Compared to the rest of Australia, people in Lyne are generally older. We have significantly less people with a university education and three quarters of the popular is of Christian faith.
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The statistics follow, but first let’s define the federal electorate of Lyne.
Lyne covers an area from Ballengarra in the north to Paterson and Karuah in the south and inland to the western boundaries of the shires of Greater Taree, Port Macquarie – Hastings, Gloucester, Dungog and Maitland (part). The main towns include Bonny Hills, Bulahdelah, Dungog, Forster, Gloucester, Gresford, Harrington, Hawks Nest, Lake Cathie, Lansdowne, Laurieton, Nabiac, North Haven, Old Bar, Paterson, Smiths Lake, Stroud, Taree and Wauchope.
The average age in Lyne is 50 years, compared with the NSW average of 38 and and the Australian average, also 38.
Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5 per cent of the population of Lyne and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.6 per cent of the population.
Registered marital status
Married: 51.2 per cent, NSW average 48.7 per cent, Australia 48.1 per cent
Separated: 3.9 per cent, NSW 3.1 per cent; Australia 3.2 per cent
Divorced: 11 per cent, NSW 8.4 per cent; Australia 8.5 per cent
Widowed: 7.9 per cent, NSW 5.4 per cent, Australia 5.2 per cent
Never married: 26.1 per cent, NSW 34.4 per cent, 35 per cent
Social marital status
Registered married: 51.1 per cent, NSW 48.3 per cent, Australia 47.7 per cent
Defacto: 10 per cent; NSW 9.4 per cent, Australia 10.4 per cent
Not married: 38.9 per cent, NSW 42.3 per cent, Australia 41.9 per cent
Education
Preschool: 6.1 per cent, NSW 5.7 per cent, Australia 4.8 per cent
Primary – government: 20.9 per cent, NSW 18 per cent, Australia 18.2 per cent
Primary – Catholic: 4.5 per cent, NSW 5.3 per cent, Australia 5.3 per cent
Primary – other non government: 2.4 per cent, NSW 2.9, Australia 3.2 per cent
Secondary – government: 15.4 per cent, NSW 11.6 per cent, Australia 11.5 per cent
Secondary – Catholic: 2.4 per cent, NSW 3.4 per cent, Australia 3.9 per cent
Secondary – other non government: 2.4 per cent, NSW 3.4 per cent, Australia 3.9 per cent
Technical or further education institution: 6.8 per cent, NSW 6.2 per cent, Australia 5.9 per cent
University or tertiary institution: 5.8 per cent, NSW 16.2 per cent, Australia 16.1 per cent
Other: 1.6 per cent, NSW 2.7 per cent, 2.8 per cent
Not stated: 29.5 per cent, NSW 23 per cent, Australia 23.7 per cent
In Lyne (Commonwealth Electoral Divisions), 27.0 per cent of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8 per cent were in primary school, 22.4 per cent in secondary school and 12.6 per cent in a tertiary or technical institution.
People – Cultural and diversity
Ancestry
Australian: 33.8 per cent, NSW 22.9 per cent, Australia 23.3 per cent
English: 32.8 per cent, NSW 23.3 per cent, Australia 25 per cent
Irish: 8.4 per cent, NSW 7.5 per cent, Australia 7.6 per cent
Scottish: 7.9 per cent, NSW 5.9 per cent, Australia 6.4 per cent
German: 3 per cent, NSW 2.4 per cent, Australia 3.1 per cent
Religious affiliation
Anglican: 28 per cent, NSW 15.5 per cent, Australia 13.3 per cent
No religion (as stated): 24.3 per cent, NSW 25.1 per cent, Australia 29.6 per cent
Catholic: 20.2 per cent, NSW 24.7 per cent, Australia 22.6 per cent
Not stated: 9.1 per cent, NSW 9.2 per cent, Australia 9.6 per cent
Uniting Church: 5.6 per cent, NSW 2.9 per cent, Australia 3.7 per cent
In Lyne (Commonwealth Electoral Divisions), Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (71.4 per cent).
Families
Family composition
Couple family without children: 49.6 per cent, NSW 36.6 per cent, Australia 37.8 per cent
Couple family with children: 33 per cent, NSW 45.7, Australia 44.7 per cent
One parent families: 16.2 per cent, NSW 16 per cent, Australia 15.8 per cent
Single or lone parents
Male: 19.8 per cent, NSW 17.8 per cent, Australia 18.2 per cent
Female: 80.2 per cent, NSW 82.2 per cent, Australia 81.8 per cent
